Regular Tessellations
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- Aug 11 2010 12:12 PM
Elisa Ramirez // Elisa Ramirez
This resource was matched by a member of the Brokers of Expertise standards matching team.
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- Original Source:Illuminations
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Description
This resource is an online activity in which students use a java applet to explore the properties of regular polygons by creating their own tessellations. Students are asked to explain what they did to get their tessellation and to explore similar types of tessellations using pattern blocks. After exploring the tessellations created with only one equilateral triangle, students are asked to predict whether a square or a regular hexagon will tessellate. Finally, students are asked to predict and justify why other regular polygons will (or will not) tessellate regularly in the Euclidean plane. Less
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Topics and Grades
Grade: 9 to 12
Topics: Geometry, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement & Geometry, Mathematics
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- Teacher Materials
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Grouping: Large Group Instruction
Teaching Method: Problem-Solving; Hands-on Learning; Simulation